题目内容
19.Every night after dinner,my mother and I would sit at the kitchen table.She would present new tests,taking her (61)A from stories of amazing children she had read in newspapers and magazines.The first night she brought out a story about a three-year-old boy who knew the capitals of all the states in our country and (62)B most of the European countries.A teacher also said the little boy could also pronounce the names of the foreign cities correctly.
"What's the capital of Finland?"my mother asked me,looking at the magazine story.
All I knew was the capital of California."Nairobi!"I guessed,saying the most (63)B word I could think of.She checked to see if that was possibly one way to(64)A"Helsinki"before showing me the answer.
The tests got harder.One night I had to look at a page from the Bible (圣经) for three minutes and then report everything I could remember.I said all I remembered.And (65)B I saw my mother's disappointed (失望的) face once again,something inside of me began to (66)C.I hated the tests,the raised hopes and failed expectations.Before going to bed that night,I looked in the mirror in the bathroom and when I saw only my face looking back-and that it would always be this (67)D face-I began to cry.I made loud noises like a mad animal.
And then I saw what seemed to be the prodigy (奇才) side of me-because I have never seen that face before.I looked at myself in the mirror,blinking (眨眼) so I could see more (68)C.The girl looking back at me was angry,strong.This girl and I were the same.I had new thoughts.I won't let her (69)B me.I won't be what I'm not.
So the following nights when my mother presented her tests,I performed listlessly,my head on one arm.I pretended to be bored.And I was.I started to (70)D other things.Soon,she noticed I was absent-minded.We had a talk and I told her what I thought and how I felt about the tests.Then the whole evening,she seemed to be thinking.
The next day,she presented me some cashier tests.I found my pleasure and confidence back again,and we started to be on the way to make me a prodigy I could be.
| 61.A.examples | B.lessons | C.notes | D.idea |
| 62.A.perhaps | B.even | C.almost | D.still |
| 63.A.surprising | B.foreign | C.interesting | D.special |
| 64.A.pronounce | B.express | C.spell | D.read |
| 65.A.before | B.after | C.if | D.although |
| 66.A.rise | B.fall | C.die | D.run |
| 67.A.strange | B.unhappy | C.ugly | D.ordinary |
| 68.A.easily | B.quickly | C.clearly | D.differently |
| 69.A.trouble | B.change | C.help | D.teach |
| 70.A.put away | B.worry about | C.go over | D.think about |
分析 文章大意:这是一篇记叙文,主要介绍作者母亲从小培养自己的故事.每天晚饭后,母亲都会出一些测试,刚开始时测试很简单,作者很感兴趣,并且很有自信.但是后来测试变得越来越难,作者很失望,开始讨厌测试,对着镜子中的自己做心理斗争,后来,和母亲进行了一次谈话后,母亲改变了测试方法,我也重新找回了乐趣和信心,又从回让作者成为最符合自己能力的天才儿童的道路.
解答 61.答案:A.考查名词.句意"从她在报纸和杂志上读到的惊人孩子的故事中得到她的___.".可知,根据上句She would present new tests她会给我出一些新的测试.可知,应该是来自报纸和杂志上那些惊人的孩子的故事中得到的"例子",用examples,选A.
62.答案:B.考查副词.句意"这个孩子知道我们国家所有洲的首府,____是大多数欧洲国家的首都",A大概.B甚至.C几乎.D仍然.根据句意可知,应是"甚至",用even.选B.
63.答案:B.考查形容词.句意"这是我能想出的最多的有关____词汇了".根据第二段最后一句A teacher also said the little boy could also pronounce the names of the foreign cities correctly.一位老师说这个小男孩还可以正确地读出外国城市的名字.可知,这里用"外国的"foreign.选B.
64.答案:A.考查动词.句意"她在告诉我答案之前特意查了这个是不是也是Helsinki的一种___方式",根据上句的saying the most foreign word说更多的外国的词汇.可知,应该是一种"发音"方式.用pronounce.选A.
65.答案:B.考查连词.句意"我说出了所有我记得得内容,___我再次看到了妈妈失望的表情".根据上句"我说出了所有我记得得内容",可知,下句"我再次看到了妈妈失望的表情"是在我说话后发生的,因此用连词after在…之后.选B.
66.答案:C.考查动词.句意"我内心的一些东西开始____.",根据下句I hated the tests,the raised hopes and failed expectations.我讨厌测试,它产生了希望却又带来失望.可知,应该是"死亡、枯萎",用die.选C.
67.答案:D.考查形容词.句意"且注定永远都是_____一张脸".根据倒数第五行And then I saw what seemed to be the prodigy (奇才) side of me-because I have never seen that face before.然后,我看到了我的天才一面,因为我以前从未见过那张脸.可知,这里应该是"普通的"一张脸.用ordinary,选D.
68.答案:C.考查副词.句意"我看着镜子里的自己,眨着眼睛,这样我就能看得更____.".根据下句The girl looking back at me was angry,strong.This girl and I were the same.回头看着我的那个女孩是愤怒的,强有力的,和刚刚的自己一样.可知,应该是看到了现在真实的自己,联想到"眨眼睛",可知,应该是看得更"清晰",用clearly,选C.
69.答案:B.考查动词.句意"我不会让她___我".根据下句I won't be what I'm not.我不想失去自我.可知,应该是不会"改变"自己,用change,选B.
70.答案:D.考查搭配.句意"我开始____其他的事情".根据下句Soon,she noticed I was absent-minded.不久,她注意到我心不在焉.可知,应该是在"想"其它事情.用think about,选D.
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-Because they're beautiful.( )
| A. | What | B. | When | C. | Where | D. | Why |
| A. | laugh | B. | launch | C. | catch | D. | switch |
| A. | when; shouting | B. | while; to shout | C. | when; to shout | D. | while; shouted |